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Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is!
bkoenig:
$5 or $10 a month is the equivalent of one less pack of smokes, 6 pack of beer, or fast food meal. Surely you can give up one of those a month to donate and protect your rights? You'll be healthier and you'll feel good about helping a good cause.
NE Bull:
Yeah, but just think about the Bacon that would buy......
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OnTheFly:
31 Monthly Donors!
The numbers are in and they are astounding!
Forum members donating monthly = 1.427%
NFOA members donating monthly = 0.424%
And by "astounding", I mean dismally shocking that such a low percentage of our members support the principle that the NFOA stands for, but they won't support it financially. Even with a dismally low monthly donation that will not be noticed. :'(
Here is an interesting excerpt from the April 2014 NFOA board meeting...
Treasurers Report
Beginning Book balance 3/1/14 – $17,318.06
Total Expenditures – $4,025.93
- One debit $38.96 for Benchmark Email
- One debit $91.33 for Apis (web/domain)
- One debit $602.69 Print Direct for brochure printing
- One debit $40.00 Print Direct for brochure printing
- One check $3,252.95 to Husch Blackwell for Legal services
Total Deposits – $610.11
Ending Book balance 3/31/14 – $13,902.24
So in one month, the NFOA had to pay an expense that exceeds what we are currently brining in via the monthly donations. When I was young and naive, I thought that airplanes flew because of, engines, lifting surfaces (a.k.a. wings), lift to drag ratios, pilots, etc. Little did I know that what makes airplanes fly is really money and paperwork. Same here folks. We don't get much done to protect our rights without some greenbacks giving our bark some bite.
Can we talk for a moment? Look..I understand. I REALLY do. You already donate to other gun groups, you try to be a good ambassador for gun owners, but you just don't have the time to commit to any volunteer work with the NFOA. I get it. I'm in the same boat, but did you know that some of the most successful battles to protect our 2A rights are won on a state level? While the national fight is nearly stagnant, we must continue to gain (or at least hold our) ground here in Nebraska so we don't become the next New York or Colorado. Colorado...that is literally and figuratively very close to home.
You have joined the NFOA, but now won't you please join the fight?
Fly
farmerbob:
Yet another BUMP!!!
OnTheFly:
--- Quote from: jFade on June 11, 2014, 07:07:10 AM ---Done & Done! Just signed up for a $10/monthly contribution!
--- End quote ---
I forgot to add...
Thank you jFade for taking a stand with the NFOA. Your testament to the importance of supporting the NFOA is an important message for all non-participants to heed. As you also stated, you don't have to be rich to participate in the monthly donation. $5 a month will hardly be noticed by most of us.
Thanks again!
Fly
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